Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-28
WHOLE NO. 1926.

III tne rear: ~ 1913 Floyd Taber was ad-
initted to the firm. The space now occu-
pied is room 33x132 feet fronting on
Montgomery street, and connecting with a
room 90xllS feet fronting on Huntoon
street. The superficial era of storerooms
occupied amounts TO 1876 square feet of
ground floor, besides easements. The firm
| owns all its buildings and grounds. Italso
has powder magazine, with capacity of
storage for 100000 pounds, situated one
mile from town. The firm also manufact-
ures extensively. In 1878 it commenced
| the manufacture of sbeet-iron pipe They
| were the lowest bidders for laying water
pipe for the Oroyllle water works. In 1879
| they We're the lowest bidders for the main
pipes OF the Sacramento water works
They have manufactured great quantities of
pipe ior all the mining region around them
and now have contract for many thou
sands of feet for the Thermalita colony.
THEIR MANDATORY
Occupies half block, and is fitted with
every convenience and new improvement
| IN machinery. They deal in a great va
| rlety OF goods-hardware, iron, steel, coal,
agricultural implements, wagons, buegies
hardwood supplies, paints, oils, crockery,
glassware, tin and sheet metalware stoves,
| irrlgating and mining pumps and fittings,
| and a great many other lines of goods.
Their sales amount to from 100000 to
| S250,O00 each year, and extend TO Yuba,
| Sierra, Butte, Plumas and Lassen counties.
There are in Oroville 3 drug stores, 4
grocery stores. dry goods stores, . hard
ware stores, boot and shoe stores, 3 Jew
| elry stores, 2 book and stationery stores. 8
| tobacco and cigar stores, furniture stores
| and glassware and crockery stores. Bell
d Waldyer have large dry goods store ON
| Montgomery street, 80 By 20 feet. and sell
goods at wholesale and retail They carry
large and varied stock, and their sales
! amount to $4,000 per year.
RIDEoUT, SMITH & CO.
Are the bankers of the place They occupy
! handsome and commodious building
have ample capital and do large business.
| n. d. Rideout, the manager of several of
the most prosperous banks in the State is
the President, and e. w. Fogg is the resi-
! dent manager. No banking institution on
| the coast stands higher than this one Mr..
Fogg is active and energetic in pushing any
enterprise that will add to the prosperity of
Oroyille and the surrounding country
| There are foriyeight trading points in the
Feather river basin that wholly or in part
trade with Oroyille. From the number of
these local trading centeTs the volume of
business may be estimated. To all these
| mountain towns and camps there are we'll
! built wagon roads, with fine bridges
wherever required, and all these roads and
bridges are free. There are large number
of heavy teams. six, eight or ten horses or
| mules to each, engaged in hauling goods to
the mountains, and the produce of the
country to Oroville on the return trip. In
addition to these heavy freight wagons,
| there are two
STAGE LINES FROM oRovILLE
To the surrounding country. There is a
daily line to Biggs, IA miles; Chico, u
miles; Cherokee, II miles, Concow, 2S
miles; Big Bend, 16 miles; Deadwood, %
miles; and tri-weekly lines to Susanville.
Lassen county, 110 miles Quincy, Plumas
county, 62 miles, and 10 Lumpkin. 33
miles. These lines aggregate 30 miles
| through country the trade Of which CEN
| tiers in Oroville Oroyille is connected with
the outer world By the Northern California
| Railroad, which connects with the Califor-
MIA and Oregon Railroad at Marysvile %
miles distant. There are two daily freight
| and passenger trains over this road. At
| MarysVille there is cheap and rapid trans
port by rail or river TO ell parts of the
| world
sAwN1LLs AND LUMBER CAMrs
The lumber business centeripg in Oro-
vile IS immense. In the great forest belt,
which extends the whole length of the
Sierra Nevada range, there are some OF the
largest saw mills ON the Pacific coast. The
| mills are situated about 2S miles from Orc
! vile ct diilercut points in this forest belt.
/ The Piaskett mill saws fC0O0 feet of lum-
Der annually; the Moretown mill. 500 600
! feet; the Berry Greek n!ill 250, ,O0O; Below
| Springer MIL, 10000; Burnh5m's G00O00;
| Bcch Creek mill, 100000; Springer &
COS mill, 3.000, coo; Merrimac Mil COM
/ pany, 4OU0,000; the LumpkiD mill 3 800
| GOO, aud Leach and Walters mill, 7OO0 OgO
| feet The most of this iun. Der is sugar
| pine, and is shipped 10 the coast or to for
| elgn countries. Il is hauled on WAGONS an
average distance CT Is miles, and furnishes
work TO great number of men and teams.
Mr.. Roweli, the manager of the LrnDkin
and Merrmac mills, employs more than
luO four, six or eight-hoTse teams. and paws
50 per thousand feet for which he uavs
each year nearly 500 600 The money dis
bursed for hauiing lumber from these mills
TO Oroviile must amount annually to more
than Sl50,000
The Northern California has carried the
past year 500 carloads OF lumber and 500
carloads of wood. [See logging scene on
page two of this issue
TIE HOTELS OF oRovnLE
Are large, commodious and well managed.
The leading hotel is the Union, owned and
managed by d. n. Friesleben. II is two
story brick building, 160xl60 feet. Il con-
talns sixty sleeping rooms, which are clean.
well lighted and well furnished 1t he's
large parlor, is lighted with gas and has
hot and cold water bathrooms. The din
ing-room Is large, airy and light. The
table IS excellent, the service good and the
prices reasonable. There are several other
creditable houses in the place.
The city has q good system of water
works, from which clear water is carried
into all buildings through six and eight
lnch mains, with natural pressure OF 400
feet. There is an efficient ire department.
with hook and ladder companies.
THE SCHOOLS
OF Oroville are especially good The bniid
ing is large, firm, brick structure. The
number of school children is $40. and the
number on the school rolls is 3SS. The
percentage OF daily attendance is 90. This
IS good showing for the schools and the
interest taken in education. There are
good district schools IN every portion of
this great BASIN
There are four handsome church struc-
lures in the place, where services are held.
and the attendance is large. The Court
house is fine two-stoTy building In the
center of full block, and is surrounded
by fine shade and ornamental trees. among
winch there are forty bearing orange trees.
The County intirmary is built on bluff
overlooking the city, and is a handsome
Dy CdpaClOuS and
beautiful grounds.
Almost all the fraternal societies of the
coast are represented in Oroville, and the
different Orders are in fiourishing condi-
ton. The Bar of Oroville is an able one.
and will compare in point of ability with
that of much larger places There are
two newspapers, one daily and weekly.
the Mercury, and one weekly, the Reqister.
These are ably edited, and to thenl The
Feather river boom owes much of the
boom and prosperity it now enjoys
GENERAL PROSPERITY.
Oroville has a genuine boom, and II is
growing every day. People from the out
side world are pouring in every day, and
buying property and making i'm
provements. Fully 100000 worth of
land has been sold within the
past four months Many buildings are
being constructed, land is being cleared and
planted in vineyards and orchards. A new
addition to the town has been made by
Messrs. Tucker & Smith. Streets are
being graded and lots are now for sale